Fair price? Not sure really. I'd think that if you can find
them for $350 range you've got a really good deal. I've been more
interested in the 8x30 version though and I've been looking for a good
deal on that. The 7x50 version is too similar to the IORs that I
have.

I've found some of the Pentax 8x42 SPs for about $415 shipped. I ran the Optics4Birding scorecard (neat little feature) and it keeps blowing away all the others (Swift, Audobon, Alpen, Nikon, Burris, even the Swaro and Zeiss) mostly due to features, eye relief, etc.

I've looked at it and the only conclusion I could come up with was that the people that run that website have different priorities with respect to optics than I do (and different impression from looking at various glass also). Try to run that scorecard comparison on a few models that you have personal experience with and see if it agrees with your impressions.

Good idea. I think it is a helpful tool to get you close to what you might want, but nothing helps better than real life experience. Problem is in my area it is hard to find anyone with a really good selection of the optics I am looking for.

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